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Ornaments with Medusa heads and the all-seeing eye from the tribune of the Town Hall on the Dam
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Ornaments for between the caryatids above the reliefs in the Vierschaar on the Town Hall on the Dam in Amsterdam. On the left and right a Medusa head or Gorgon, in the center the all-seeing eye with a palm branch and a sword. The Vierschaar was a public court of justice used exclusively by the sheriff and aldermen for pronouncing death sentences. Marked at the bottom center: E.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineOrnamenten met Medusakoppen en het alziend oog uit de Vierschaar van het Stadhuis op de Dam. 1655. Hubert Quellinus. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
